Archival Methods offers an array of products sized for the dimensions of digital prints. Using the 13 x 19″ digital print below, let’s take a look at the archival solutions we’ve designed to work with the new digital media sizes.
Preserving Digital Images: Archival Sleeves and Bags
It is important to protect the surface of digital prints, as they can be quite delicate. Moisture, fingerprints, and abrasions can permanently damage them.
No matter which archival storage or presentation portfolio you choose for your digital images, it’s always best to protect your prints in archival sleeves and bags. This will help prevent any damage during handling or stacking.
Our polyester Side Loading Print Sleeve is one of the best sleeves available. These sleeves have two open ends and each sleeve has a fold-lock side that securely holds your image. It also opens completely to eliminate the need to slide prints in or out of the enclosure, which helps to prevent abrasion. Unparalleled strength and optical clarity—just perfect for preserving digital images and their inherently delicate surfaces.
This versatile polypropylene Crystal Clear Bag has a resealable adhesive closure strip running along one of the short sides, as shown on the far left side of this image, while the other three sides are sealed (the print shown is lying on top of the bag). This allows you to seal in your digital images, protecting them while providing easy access to your work. The adhesive strip is on the bag, not the flap, which keeps your print safe when re-inserting it.
The 3-Sided Polypropylene Sleeve is sealed on three sides and open on the remaining short side (the print shown is lying on top of the sleeve). Sized to accommodate mounted digital prints or storing multiple work prints, this high-clarity enclosure offers both surface protection and easy access.
Truly a workhorse enclosure, the Polyethylene Bag has many uses—including preserving digital images with delicate surfaces. Each bag is sealed on three sides, with a flap on the open short side as shown in the far left of this picture (the print shown is lying on top of the bag). This bag is recommended for work prints and other applications where utility is a top priority. They often ship folded, and they are meant for storage rather than presentation.
Preserving Digital Images: Mat Board / Matting / Interleaving
In addition to classic print sizes, Archival Methods now offers 100% Cotton Museum Mat Board, Pre-Cut Window Mats, and Interleaving Paper in sizes for digital print formats. All of these fine products maintain the same museum-quality standards on which we’ve built our long-standing reputation.
100% Cotton Museum Mat Board
Available in a range of colors and thicknesses, this classic acid-free mat board is used by galleries and museums worldwide, and it’s now available is sizes specifically geared toward enhancing and preserving digital images. (more information)
Pre-Cut Exhibition Mats
Expert workmanship combined with top-of-the-line materials will result in elegant and professional matting of all your digital images. Whether intended for your portfolio or for framing, these pre-cut / pre-hinged mats will enhance anything you place in them. They’re ready to use right out of the package, and by exercising a bit of care they can be reused again and again. (more information)
Archival Thin Paper – Unbuffered
This high-quality acid-free paper can be used to interleave your loose prints in any storage box, and used for placement under window mats. It is thicker than most interleaving tissues so it is easier to handle, while still retaining a degree of translucency that will allow you to see what is in your mat without the need to open it. Available in pre-cut sheets sized for digital formats. (more information)
Archival Storage Boxes & Presentation Portfolios
Archival Methods offers a wide variety of well-made storage boxes and presentation portfolios, which are now available in dedicated digital sizes. If you’re looking for ways to showcase your digital images during important presentations, or to protect your work in storage, our elegant acid-free boxes and portfolios are the answer.
3″ Drop Front Boxes
Made of high-quality boxboard in our own onsite facilities, these versatile and utilitarian boxes are available in a number of colors and can be used to store any digital format you have. The front panel drops down to provide easy and safe access to your matted and unmatted work. (more information)
1-1/2″ Drop Front Boxes
Similar in design to our 3″ version of the same product illustrated above, this sleek box can be used for both storage and as an inexpensive presentation portfolio. Sophisticated white or black surfaces and an easy-in / easy-out drop front make this contemporary-looking box a perfect presentation option for your digital prints. (more information)
Museum Drop Front Box
This dynamic presentation and storage box is perfect for displaying your matted or unmatted digital photographs and large artwork. The front drops down, while the removable lid makes access to your work during key presentations quick and easy, as it can be completely removed and either placed out of the way or used as a tray to hold the prints you’ve already shown as you go through your portfolio. (more information)
Onyx Portfolio Box
Available in many sizes—including digital formats—our Onyx Boxes are durable and elegant. The clamshell design makes it easy to show your print portfolio. (more information)
Preserving Digital Images: Folios & Binders
Rather than a full portfolio, sometimes all you need for certain meetings are a few images in a convenient folio or binder that will allow you to make stunning presentations both quickly and easily. Here are two such presentation solutions, specifically sized for your various digital formats.
Digital Print Folio
This sleek print folio offers sophistication and convenience that will enhance all your digital print presentations. Hidden magnetic clasps securely close this folio, while interior flaps ensure that nothing will fall out in transit. When open the spine and back fold completely flat, while the flaps open for easy access to your work. (more information)
Itoya Art Profolio
Some presentations require the speed associated with just turning pages, and this practical yet professional archival portfolio binder is perfect for such situations. Offered in seven sizes, including common digital formats, this presentation binder features 24 top-loading pages with acid-free, buffered black paper to separate prints. Print capacity is forty-eight. Pages are not removable. (more information)
Preserving Digital Images: Safeguard Your Digital Files
We would be remiss if we did not mention the importance of your original digital files, as these too need organization and care. While we’re sure that you already know of the importance of backing up your hard drives and digital files, here’s another step to consider.
USB / Memory Card Storage Kit
Many photographers and artists working in digital media have stray USB thumb drives and camera memory cards floating around. Yet even when these devices are stored where you can find them it’s often difficult to know exactly what’s on any particular drive or card. This all-in-one kit will allow you to locate the digital files you’re looking for. You can index and store up to 48 USB drives, dozens of camera memory cards, even CDs and 35mm slides, all in a compact archival box that will fit anywhere in your studio or office. (more information)
Lastly, if you have an unusual print size we do offer custom portfolios with a minimum order of five. Please feel free to give us a call or send us an email with any questions you may have.
Updated: July 27, 2026
